Air Conditioning Unit Drain Pan Device

ABSTRACT

An air conditioning unit drain pan device for accumulating liquid from an air conditioning unit includes a pan having a peripheral surface and a hidden surface. The pan has a pair of lateral edges and a pair of perpendicular edges. The pan is positioned underneath a heating ventilation and air conditioning unit. A pair of lateral walls and a pair of perpendicular walls defines a reservoir of the pan for accumulating leaking water from the heating ventilation and air conditioning unit. A drain is positioned on a first lateral wall of the pair of lateral walls. The drain expels the leaking water accumulated within the reservoir of the pan. An elevation is positioned in a center of the peripheral surface of the pan and protrudes out from therefrom. The elevation has a top surface and a plurality of sides.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to drain pan device and more particularlypertains to a new drain pan device for accumulating liquid from an airconditioning unit.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to drain pan devices. The prior art relates tovariety of drain pan devices configured for collecting liquid runofffrom an air conditioning unit. Known prior art lacks a drain pan devicehaving a single elevation within the pan and a drain hole positioned ona side surface of the pan.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a pan having a peripheral surface and a hiddensurface. The pan has a pair of lateral edges and a pair of perpendicularedges. The pan is configured for being positioned underneath a heatingventilation and air conditioning unit. A pair of lateral walls ispositioned on a respective one of the pair of lateral edges.Furthermore, a pair of perpendicular walls is positioned on a respectiveone of the pair of perpendicular edges. The pair of lateral walls andthe pair of perpendicular walls defines a reservoir configured foraccumulating leaking water from the heating ventilation and airconditioning unit. A drain is positioned on a first lateral wall of thepair of lateral walls. The drain is configured for expelling the leakingwater accumulated within the reservoir of the pan. An elevation ispositioned in a center of the peripheral surface of the pan andprotrudes out from therefrom. The elevation has a top surface and aplurality of sides.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an air conditioning unit drain pan deviceaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a front in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosuretaken from FIG. 2 of Line 5-5.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through5 thereof, a new drain pan device embodying the principles and conceptsof an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5 , the air conditioning unitdrain 36 pan device 10 generally comprises a pan 12. The pan 12 has aperipheral surface 14 and a hidden surface 16. The pan 12 has arectangular shape with a pair of lateral edges 18 and a pair ofperpendicular edges 20. The pair of lateral edges 18 is positionedperpendicular relative to the pair of perpendicular edges 20. The pan 12is configured for being positioned underneath a heating ventilation andair conditioning unit 22. The peripheral surface 14 faces the heatingventilation and air conditioning unit 22 and the hidden surface 16 facesthe ground as shown in FIG. 4 .

A pair of lateral walls 24 is positioned on a respective one of the pairof lateral edges 18 of the pan 12. The pair of lateral walls 24protrudes outward relative to the peripheral surface 14 of the pan 12.Additionally, a pair of perpendicular walls 26 is positioned on arespective one of the pair of perpendicular edges 20. The pair ofperpendicular walls 26 protrudes outward relative to the peripheralsurface 14 of the pan 12. The pair of lateral walls 24 and the pair ofperpendicular walls 26 are positioned perpendicular relative to theperipheral surface 14 of the pan 12. Furthermore, the pair of lateralwalls 24 and the pair of perpendicular walls 26 defines a reservoir 28of the pan 12 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 . The reservoir 28 is configuredfor accumulating leaking water from the heating ventilation and airconditioning unit 22.

A plurality of mounts 30 is positioned on the pair of lateral walls 24of the pan 12. Each of the mounts 30 is positioned on an exteriorsurface 32 of each of the lateral walls 24. In addition, each of themounts 30 is positioned perpendicular relative to each of the lateralwalls 24. Each of the mounts 30 has a hole 34 being configured forlodging a bolt within. The plurality of mounts 30 is configured forsecuring the pan 12 to the heating ventilation and air conditioning unit22.

A drain 36 is positioned on a first lateral wall 38 of the pair oflateral walls 24. The drain 36 is a circular aperture that serves as anexit for the reservoir 28. The drain 36 is configured for expelling theleaking water accumulated within the reservoir 28 of the pan 12.Furthermore, the drain 36 is configured for coupling to a conduit forremoval of the leaking water. The conduit prevents damage to thesurrounding area of the heating ventilation and air conditioning unit22.

An elevation 40 is positioned in a center 42 of the peripheral surface14 of the pan 12 and protrudes out therefrom. The elevation 40 has a topsurface 44 and a plurality of sides 46. Each of the sides 46 ispositioned at an angle relative to the top surface 44 such that each ofthe sides 46 is configured for flowing the leaking water into thereservoir 28. The top surface 44 of the elevation 40 is configured forsealing a surface 48 of the heating ventilation and air conditioningunit 22 from leaking water. The elevation 40 helps secure the pan 12 inplace from the surface of the heating ventilation and air conditioningunit 22 to the ground, as shown in FIG. 4 .

In use, the pan 12 is positioned underneath the heating ventilation andair conditioning unit 22 with the drain 36 facing outward relative tothe heating ventilation and air conditioning unit 22. The drain 36 canbe coupled to a conduit to bring the accumulated water within thereservoir 28 of the pan 12 to a distal location.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A drain reservoir device configured for collecting leakingwater from a heating ventilation and air conditioning unit, the drainreservoir device comprising: a pan having a peripheral surface and ahidden surface, said pan having a pair of lateral edges, said pan havinga pair of perpendicular edges, said pan being configured for beingpositioned underneath a heating ventilation and air conditioning unit; apair of lateral walls being positioned on a respective one of said pairof lateral edges; a pair of perpendicular walls being positioned on arespective one of said pair of perpendicular edges, said pair of lateralwalls and said pair of perpendicular walls defining a reservoir, saidreservoir being configured for accumulating leaking water from theheating ventilation and air conditioning unit; a drain being positionedon a first lateral wall of said pair of lateral walls, said drain beingconfigured for expelling the leaking water accumulated within saidreservoir of said pan; and an elevation being positioned in a center ofsaid peripheral surface of said pan, said elevation protruding out fromsaid peripheral surface of said pan, said elevation having a top surfaceand a plurality of sides.
 2. The drain reservoir device of claim 1,further comprising said pan having a rectangular shape.
 3. The drainreservoir device of claim 2, further comprising said pair of lateraledges being positioned perpendicular relative to said pair ofperpendicular edges.
 4. The drain reservoir device of claim 1, furthercomprising said pair of lateral walls protruding outward relative tosaid peripheral surface of said pan.
 5. The drain reservoir device ofclaim 4, further comprising said pair of perpendicular walls protrudingoutward relative to said peripheral surface of said pan.
 6. The drainreservoir device of claim 4, further comprising a plurality of mountsbeing positioned on said pair of lateral walls of said pan, each of saidmounts positioned on an exterior surface of each of said lateral walls,each of said mounts being positioned perpendicular relative to each ofsaid lateral walls.
 7. The drain reservoir device of claim 6, furthercomprising each of said mounts having a hole, said hole of each of saidmounts being configured for lodging a bolt within, said plurality ofmounts being configured for securing to the heating ventilation and airconditioning unit.
 8. The drain reservoir device of claim 1, furthercomprising said drain being a circular aperture.
 9. The drain reservoirdevice of claim 1, further comprising said drain being configured forcoupling to a conduit for removal of said leaking water.
 10. The drainreservoir device of claim 1, further comprising each of said sides beingpositioned at an angle relative to said top surface, each of said sidesbeing configured for flowing the leaking water into said reservoir. 11.The drain reservoir device of claim 10, further comprising said topsurface of said elevation being configured for sealing a surface of theheating ventilation and air conditioning unit.
 12. A drain reservoirdevice configured for collecting leaking water from a heatingventilation and air conditioning unit, the drain reservoir devicecomprising: a pan having a peripheral surface and a hidden surface, saidpan having a rectangular shape, said pan having a pair of lateral edges,said pan having a pair of perpendicular edges, said pair of lateraledges being positioned perpendicular relative to said pair ofperpendicular edges, said pan being configured for being positionedunderneath a heating ventilation and air conditioning unit; a pair oflateral walls being positioned on a respective one of said pair oflateral edges, said pair of lateral walls protruding outward relative tosaid peripheral surface of said pan; a pair of perpendicular walls beingpositioned on a respective one of said pair of perpendicular edges, saidpair of perpendicular walls protruding outward relative to saidperipheral surface of said pan, said pair of lateral walls and said pairof perpendicular walls defining a reservoir, said reservoir beingconfigured for accumulating leaking water from the heating ventilationand air conditioning unit; a plurality of mounts being positioned onsaid pair of lateral walls of said pan, each of said mounts positionedon an exterior surface of each of said lateral walls, each of saidmounts being positioned perpendicular relative to each of said lateralwalls, each of said mounts having a hole, said hole of each of saidmounts being configured for lodging a bolt within, said plurality ofmounts being configured for securing to the heating ventilation and airconditioning unit; a drain being positioned on a first lateral wall ofsaid pair of lateral walls, said drain being a circular aperture, saiddrain being configured for expelling the leaking water accumulatedwithin said reservoir of said pan, said drain being configured forcoupling to a conduit for removal of said leaking water; and anelevation being positioned in a center of said peripheral surface ofsaid pan, said elevation protruding out from said peripheral surface ofsaid pan, said elevation having a top surface and a plurality of sides,each of said sides being positioned at an angle relative to said topsurface, each of said sides being configured for flowing the leakingwater into said reservoir, said top surface of said elevation beingconfigured for sealing a surface of the heating ventilation and airconditioning unit.